Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana entered a licensing agreement with Dark Horse Comics. Dark Horse will produce a series of graphic novels based on Nelvana’s original animated action series, Mysticons. Set to be released next summer, the graphic novels follow four unexpected heroes who transform into legendary warriors and undertake a mythic quest to save the world.

Dark Horse’s Shantel LaRocque will act as editor on the Mysticons graphic novel series. Having previously worked on titles such as Hellboy, B.P.R.D., Fight Club 2, Rexodus, and David Mack’s Kabuki, LaRocque brings a knowledge of comics and genre fiction to the project.

Mysticons is slated to premiere on Nickelodeon in the U.S. this summer and on Corus’ TELETOON network in Canada this fall. The series is produced by Nelvana Ltd., with Steven A. Cohen and Noel Bright as executive producuers for The Topps Co., and Scott Dyer and Irene Weibel as executive producers for Nelvana.